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Dr. Aubrey E. Sloan – 2015 BEEF Magazine Trailblazer Award
By: Lynn Jensen
CoLAB Ventura County is proud to announce that our very own President, Dr. Aubrey (Bud) Sloan, DVM, has received BEEF Magazine’s 2015 Trailblazer award for his accomplishments described in an article in the national publication written by
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Food Processing: An Opportunity for Agriculture and the Ventura County Economy
By: Matt Guthrie
Food Processing in Ventura County was the featured topic at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Economic Development Collaborative of Ventura County (EDC-VC). The presentation revealed the extraordinary economic potential of expanded local food processing. In
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Where’s the Beef?
By: Lynn Jensen
In writing CoLAB articles for five years now, I have noticed a common element in almost every issue we have analyzed: in general, public perception differs greatly from reality. Granted it may be because reality is different
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CLU Economist Implicates SOAR in County’s Slow Economic Growth
By: Lynn Jensen
Cal Lutheran University’s Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF) is projecting another year of slow economic growth for Ventura County, according to Executive Director and Ph.D. economist, Bill Watkins. Dr. Watkins forecasts a low 1.1% annual
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Chipotle: When Ideology Clashes with Reality
By: Lynn Jensen
A rash of articles in December, published right before the holiday break, headlines the recent troubles of Chipotle Mexican Grill. Being an occasional Chipotle lunch customer, I have enjoyed the food, but have always been skeptical of
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A Better, Stronger VC CoLAB in 2016
By: Matt Guthrie
There is much enjoyment during the Holidays, not the least of which is the relatively guiltless excess that accompanies parties, family meals, leftovers and feet up on the coffee table while the seemingly endless string of sporting
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